Convert Special HTML Entities to Characters in PHP

In this tutorial we will learn How To Convert Special HTML Entities to Characters in PHP. PHP htmlspecialchars_decode() function can be used which is a built-in PHP function made to decode HTML Entities to Characters.

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PHP htmlspecialchars_decode() function

htmlspecialchars_decode() is a built-in PHP function which converts special HTML Entities to characters.

Take a look at the code given below.

<?php
$string = "&lt;b&gt;HowToCodeSchool.com&lt;/b&gt;";
echo htmlspecialchars_decode($string);
?>

In above example &lt; and &gt; are two HTML Entities which represent less than < and greater than > characters respectively.

In this code the htmlspecialchars_decode() will convert these entities to characters.

Look at the example given below.

<?php
$string = "&#039;HowToCodeSchool.com&#039;";
echo htmlspecialchars_decode($string);
?>

In above example &#039; is HTML entity of apostrophe and the htmlspecialchars_decode() will display it as '.

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